Category: Mapping

Folk Mapping Interview No. 4: Tó Zé Bexiga

Our curator Joana Negrão interviews Tó Zé Bexiga from with regards to the viola Campaniça, a chordophone natural to the Alentejo region of Portugal.

Folk Mapping Interview No. 3: Lemko Musical Culture

A conversation with Julia Doszna, Klaudia Zbiegien and Miroslaw Bogon, where our curator Misia Furtak travels to the SouthEast of Poland to witness the Lemko vocal group Ruty Uwite in person.

Folk Mapping Interview No. 2: Vasco Casais

Portuguese multi-instrumentalist musician (Guitars – Classical, Folk, Electric; Cavaquinho; Braguesa; Nyckelharpa; Bouzouki; Bagpipes – Transmontana, Galega;) who has developed relevant work in various areas (Classical, Traditional, Rock, Electronica) with greater relevance for the fusion of various styles. Founder of groups such as Seiva, Dazkarieh, Omiri and the structures Bigorna Hepta Trad, Ferradura and Repasseado. Composer,

Folk Mapping Interview No. 1: Frode Fjellheim

Frode Fjellheim is a Norwegian composer and musician (piano, synthesizer and joik). He is best known for his band Transjoik and as the composer of the song “Eatnemen Vuelie”, which in an adapted version called «Vuelie», is a musical number of the Disney film «Frozen». He has a long list of commissioned works for festivals

Lusitanian Ghosts (PT)

Lusitanian Ghosts features ancient Portuguese chordophones and other European string instruments, promoting ancient sounds in the 21st Century. Re-casting these heritage folk violas into rock n roll songs, the artist collective writes from a socio-political perspective on building a better world, creating songs from and for the heart and the mind. Their second album, recorded

Introducing the NORD University Team

Introducing the NORD Team: Project Mapping & Dissemination HANS STOP Hans Jørgen Støp is Associate professor in Music Production at the Department of Music, Nord University. He has held this position since 2005. He graduated from the music performance studies in Jazz (Vocal) at the Trondelag Music Conservatory in 1994, but has own his reputation